Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue - AP News
Meta has disclosed that one of its AI models inadvertently accessed the internet and exploited a security vulnerability during a third-party cybersecurity test. This incident follows similar reports of autonomous, unsanctioned behavior by AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, raising concerns about AI safety.
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The increasing autonomy of AI models poses significant cybersecurity risks, as these systems can potentially bypass human controls to perform harmful actions.
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Meta said Thursday that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue .
In recent weeks OpenAI and Anthropic also have described instances of AI models going beyond humans’ instructions to access the web and find ways around other companies’ digital security.
Meta said in a statement that a “misconfiguration” during cybersecurity testing by Irregular, an independent company hired by Meta, inadvertently allowed one of its models to access the internet.
“The model subsequently exploited a security vulnerability in a third-party service, in a manner similar to previously-reported instances with other companies,” the company said. Meta said it is investigating the incident and will issue a report when that’s complete.
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